go narrow

present singular third person goes narrow · participle present going narrow · past went narrow · participle past gone narrow

1. To focus on one thing, person, topic or aspect of a situation.

   The Common Mind. Philip Petitt. 1996. this should not be regarded as a good reason for going narrow.

   3 more examples

   2007, Beyond Buzz. Lois Kelly. Pg. 101. Going narrow doesn't imply that we don't understand all the issues

   It's interesting to note that as you “go narrow“ along one of these dimensions

   2010, Patrick Viguerie, Sven Smit, Mehrdad Baghai., Granularity

   I used to be impressed by a drummer liking what I did, so I pretty much only got a drum perspective, but I've gone wide and I've gone narrow.

   2013, Bobby Owsinsky, The Mixing Engineer's Handbook

2. To change infrequently.

   The change between futures and spot prices will either go wide -- expand or diminish -- go narrow

   Hedging Commodities: A practical guide to hedging strategies with futures ... Slobodan Jovanovic. Pg. 92

3. artsTo use a narrow-angle lens to take one or more photographs.

   Going wide to fit it all in will emphasize the foreground at the expense of the background; going narrow with a long lens will preclude the coloured 'jobbies' clinging to the cliff top that I'm trying not to tread on.

   2013, David Noton., The Vision

4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, narrow.